Commonwealth Ex Rel. Laughlin v. Green

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,.Two rival groups: of, stockholders maneuvered for places on their company’s board of directors. It would seem that the ultimate object of the majority faction was to eliminate the others from representation, while, on the other , hand, the minority sought to increase its strength on the board. By the strategic device of secretly cumulating their votes on a person whom they had not placed in nomination the minority succeeded, oh the face of the returns, in electing their candidate, — a result challenged by the majority on the ground that, under the by-laws…